Cobitis
E805044
Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cobitis canonical | 1 |
| Cobitis taenia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9531569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cobitis Context triple: [Cobitidae, hasRepresentativeGenus, Cobitis]
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A.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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B.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Ichthyomyzon
Ichthyomyzon is a genus of lampreys, a group of jawless, eel-like parasitic or non-parasitic fishes found primarily in freshwater habitats of North America.
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D.
Esocidae
Esocidae is a family of predatory freshwater fishes that includes the pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies and ambush-hunting behavior.
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E.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cobitis Target entity description: Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
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A.
Epigonichthys
Epigonichthys is a genus of small, eel-like lancelets within the subphylum Cephalochordata, known for their simple, fish-like bodies that provide key insights into early chordate evolution.
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B.
Lampetra
Lampetra is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys found in freshwater and coastal marine environments of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Ichthyomyzon
Ichthyomyzon is a genus of lampreys, a group of jawless, eel-like parasitic or non-parasitic fishes found primarily in freshwater habitats of North America.
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D.
Esocidae
Esocidae is a family of predatory freshwater fishes that includes the pikes and pickerels, known for their elongated bodies and ambush-hunting behavior.
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E.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater fishes that includes carps, minnows, and their relatives, widely distributed across Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Cobitinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | spined loaches ⓘ |
| describedAs | small bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole |
benthic invertebrate predator
ⓘ
prey for larger fishes ⓘ |
| family | Cobitidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingType | benthic invertebrate feeder ⓘ |
| foundIn |
slow-flowing rivers
ⓘ
streams with sandy or muddy bottoms ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasBarbels | yes ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcernSpecies | some species threatened at local scales GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cobitis bilineata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cobitis calderoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis elongatoides NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis melanoleuca NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis paludica NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis puncticulata NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis taenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis taenia taenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis turcica NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobitis vardarensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuborbitalSpine | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | benthic ⓘ |
| order | Cypriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cobitidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Catalogue of Life
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FishBase NERFINISHED ⓘ World Register of Marine Species NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Cobitis taenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cobitis Description of subject: Cobitis is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater loaches commonly found in Eurasian rivers and streams.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cobitis taenia